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By the end of the decade, the war had resulted in an estimated 470,000–610,000 violent deaths, ... Syria's close allies, Russia, ...
Military situation in Syria in November 2015. At the end of October 2015, the U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter signalled a shift in the strategy of the U.S.-led campaign saying there will be more air strikes and ruling in the use of direct ground raids, the fight in Syria concentrating mostly on Raqqa. [341]
1948 Arab–Israeli War: Syria was involved in the war. 1958: 1 February: The United Arab Republic (UAR) was formed by the union of Syria and Egypt. 1961: 28 September: Following a military coup Syria seceded from the UAR, reestablishing itself as the Syrian Arab Republic. 1967: 5 June: Six-Day War: A war with Israel began.
Syria conflict explained: How did we end up here? Iran has long backed the Assad regime, funneling money and fighters to it through Hezbollah. It does this to pursue its national security aims ...
The history of Syria covers events which occurred on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic and events which occurred in the region of Syria.Throughout ancient times the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic was occupied and ruled by several empires, including the Sumerians, Mitanni, Assyrians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Hittites, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Arameans, Amorites, Persians, Greeks ...
Syrian rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad and seized control of Damascus on Sunday, forcing him to flee and ending his family's decades of rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a ...
In October 2022, the United Nations called for a "nationwide ceasefire" in Syria. The U.N. special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, met with Syria's foreign minister in Damascus; afterwards, Pedersen said that Syria's economic situation is “extremely difficult as close to 15 million people are in need for humanitarian assistance."
The command declared the end of “the dark period and the beginning of a new era in Syria.” State television in Iran, Assad’s main backer in the years of war in Syria, reported that “terrorists” had entered Damascus and that Assad had left the capital. It cited Qatar’s Al Jazeera news network for the information and did not elaborate.